Randy Bennett
Randy Bennett
Randall William "Randy" BennettJune 9, 1962) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. Bennett has led the Gaels to a 314–147 record in his 15 years as head coach. Despite the dominance of Gonzaga in the West Coast Conference, Bennett has made Saint Mary's into arguably the top conference team with several 2nd place finishes and five NCAA tournament appearances, culminating in regular season conference championships in 2011,...
athletes giving guy hear level money parents seldom
The swimmers were thrilled. It was a really heart-felt moment. Some of the parents were in tears. You hear about athletes but very seldom do you hear about them giving back at that level. That's a significant level of money for a guy that doesn't make a lot of money.
good job
They always do a good job on Daniel.
fact missed record scoring start
The scoring record is impressive. The fact he's never missed a game, never missed a start is more impressive.
good shot
You don't know if you're going to get that good a shot again. He's a good shooter.
coach somebody
You have to rethink, can you play somebody in? As a coach that was the challenge.
build chance gives help means question team trip worse
There's no question it'll help us. If we end up being bad, it means we would have been even worse without it. The trip just gives you a chance to build team cohesion, something you can't get any other way.
hitting kept shots thinking toughness win
I was thinking he would take shots we would win with. He kept hitting them. There is a toughness about him. He can win a game. He started doing that.
guy losing percent
We were losing the guy we play off probably 60 percent of the game.
We'll be able to see if we've improved.
games last lost separate
We haven't been able to separate all year. The last two games we lost on the last play.
high self
Unbelievable. They had high self-esteem. That's what prevailed for us.
confidence couple deals
We called a couple little deals for him to get him going. It's a process. You get confidence by having success.
feels needs vision
It's something he feels he didn't get and he feels it needs to happen. He has the idea and vision to do it.
break guys people pick playing record team telling
Everybody's got to do a little better and pick it up so we can get over the hump. I've been telling people and telling the guys that this team has been playing well, but not well enough to win. I told them if you play well and keep doing what you're doing, you'll break through. They're a better team than their record shows.